MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Logan Gilbert
Logan Gilbert
SEA · P
Change to
Max Fried
NYY · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Logan Gilbert.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP. Max Fried’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Logan Gilbert wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Max Fried wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Logan Gilbert
96.3
Max Fried
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Logan Gilbert
14.9%
Max Fried
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Logan Gilbert
26.6%
Max Fried
23.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Logan Gilbert
31.9%
Max Fried
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Logan Gilbert
41.6%
Max Fried
29.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Logan Gilbert
10.3%
Max Fried
1.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Logan Gilbert
.299
Max Fried
.248
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Logan Gilbert
2.054.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.69
3.73
Max Fried
2.054.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.21
2.53
WHIPlower is better
Logan Gilbert
.9101.36
now 1.11
1.13
Max Fried
.9101.36
now 1.01
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Logan Gilbert
4092.20
now 69
13
Max Fried
4092.20
now 50
11
Winshigher is better
Logan Gilbert
.0005.60
now 3
01
Max Fried
.0005.60
now 4
11

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyLogan Gilbert — buy.conf 0.71
BuyMax Fried — buy.conf 0.92
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